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Working at the beach today, had a pretty scary one. 3 guards vs 4000 people and 1 1/2 miles of beach. One guard was on an emergency medical call, my partner was on the rescue board with a swimmer assist and I am in the tower with binos scanning when I hear screams for help about 400 meters away.
Jammed outta the tower and onto our PWC. I got to her right as she was going under, got her onto the rescue sled behind the ski, barely conscious and vomiting water profusely. Got back to the beach and got EMS en route. She's doing fine now, mom got my cellphone number and called me later that day. Pretty good feeling.
The 'Did that just happen part' came from the guy who was standing in front of our tower when I took off. Warned him multiple times to move but he never did. On my way out he caught a wicked shoulder on my way by, he was in the way and I had no choice, she was drowning and I had no other route to the PWC. When I showed back up on the beach with the patient he was screaming and yelling that I assaulted him. He stopped yelling when he realized that I was in the middle of a serious situation. Needless to say he got a hefty ticket from the park ranger for disorderly conduct and was escorted off the beach.
How can some people be so wrapped up in their own world that they can't understand that when things hit the fan they are about as important as a gnat compared to the girl's life that was nearly taken from her? You would think he'd realize that something was very wrong when a guard goes screaming through a swimmer only area on a jet ski...
Jammed outta the tower and onto our PWC. I got to her right as she was going under, got her onto the rescue sled behind the ski, barely conscious and vomiting water profusely. Got back to the beach and got EMS en route. She's doing fine now, mom got my cellphone number and called me later that day. Pretty good feeling.
The 'Did that just happen part' came from the guy who was standing in front of our tower when I took off. Warned him multiple times to move but he never did. On my way out he caught a wicked shoulder on my way by, he was in the way and I had no choice, she was drowning and I had no other route to the PWC. When I showed back up on the beach with the patient he was screaming and yelling that I assaulted him. He stopped yelling when he realized that I was in the middle of a serious situation. Needless to say he got a hefty ticket from the park ranger for disorderly conduct and was escorted off the beach.
How can some people be so wrapped up in their own world that they can't understand that when things hit the fan they are about as important as a gnat compared to the girl's life that was nearly taken from her? You would think he'd realize that something was very wrong when a guard goes screaming through a swimmer only area on a jet ski...
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